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The natural (or most common) pollinator of the pineapple is the hummingbird. Pollination is required for seed formation; the presence of seeds negatively affects the quality of the fruit. In Hawaii, where pineapple is cultivated on an agricultural scale, importation of hummingbirds is prohibited for this reason.

Certain bat-pollinated wild pineapples, members of the bromeliad family, do the exact opposite of most flowers by opening their flowers at night and closing them during the day

Early settlements in America, a pineapple was traditionally given as a gift of friendship.

It takes a long time for a pineapple plant to produce fruit, normally two years.

In most of the world the fruit is known by the name. Ananas,
which is the word from the Brazilian Tupi Indians that means
"Excellent Fruit "

Southeast Asia now produces the majority of the world’s pineapples..

James Dole is considered the “King of Pineapples.”

You can grow your own pineapple by planting the top of the pineapple in soil.

Pulling leaves from a pineapple is not an indication of ripeness as many people think.

Del Monte stopped producing pineapples in Hawaii in 2006.

Henry Ginaca invented the first pineapple peeling and coring machine in 1911. Before this, pineapples were peeled and cored by hand. Ginaca’s machine cored and peeled 35 pineapples a minute.

Every pineapple plant produces one pineapple each year.

A pineapple is considered to be a cluster of 100-300 little fruitlets.

You can’t use pineapple in jello because its bromelain content stops it from jelling.

A pineapple cannot ripen more after it is picked.

An unripe pineapple not only tastes awful, it can be poisonous.

One of the ways you tell if a pineapple is ripe is by smelling it.

Among pineapple facts is one that indicates Thailand produces more pineapples than any other country in the world.

After Columbus first found pineapples, they started to be used on ships to prevent scurvy.

In Hawaii, the word for pineapple is “Hala kahiki.”

212,000 tons of pineapple were produced in Hawaii in 2005.

The bromelain in pineapple is used as a meat tenderizer.

The fruit, peel, and juice of pineapples is said to remove warts.

The core of the pineapple is edible.

It was a rite of passage in the Caribbean for young men to run through the pineapple plantings, and bear the pain from the prickly leaves without revealing it.

A pineapple can be ripe even if the outside is green.

Eating pineapple is believed to induce uterine contractions during pregnancy.

The pineapple pulp left after juicing is used in livestock feed. It is very high in vitamin A.

Do not mix dairy products with pineapple until right before serving.

The pineapple, despite not originating there, was first discovered in The Bahamas. The Lucayans, the earliest settlers of The Bahamas, who themselves originate in the Brazil general area, brought it with them and when Columbus arrived in the New World, he landed in The Bahamas and discovered the pineapple (along with hammocks). So, despite not being the origin of these two things, it's true that they were discovered by the New World invaders in The Bahamas before being desiminated across the rest of the world. Also, Dole got his pineapples from Eleuthera (one of the islands in The Bahamas) to start up his plantations in Hawaii. Due to the worldwide proliferation of the ananas, they are no longer commercially grown in the original Pineapple fields as it has become too expensive to do so. They do, however, remain the sweetest pineapples they are.

There is a pineapple festival they hold each year in Thailand (largest producers)!

You know how apostrophes are used wrongly all the time. Especially by Fruit & Vegetable Shops ( Apple's 20p Banana's 10p etc).
I bet you didn't know that in the USA there are only 5 places that have been allowed to use an apostrophe.
The Domestic Names Committee of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names doesn't like apostrophes.
The five are -
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Ike's Point, New Jersey
John E's Pond, Rhode Island
Carlos Elmer's Joshua View, Arizona.
Clark's Mountain, Oregon.

tonyp wrote:You know how apostrophes are used wrongly all the time. Especially by Fruit & Vegetable Shops ( Apple's 20p Banana's 10p etc).
I bet you didn't know that in the USA there are only 5 places that have been allowed to use an apostrophe.
The Domestic Names Committee of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names doesn't like apostrophes.
The five are -
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Ike's Point, New Jersey
John E's Pond, Rhode Island
Carlos Elmer's Joshua View, Arizona.
Clark's Mountain, Oregon.